
An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Oil and Gas Financial Risk Management
Measuring and Managing Financial Risk
Scheduled Dates
Classroom
12 - 16 May 2025 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
01 - 05 Sep 2025 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
15 - 19 Dec 2025 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
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Why Choose this Training Course?
The importance of Oil and Gas Financial Risk Management training course has increased significantly in the recent years. The result of increasingly global markets is that risk may originate with events thousands of miles away that have nothing to do with the domestic market. With advanced in technology, information is available instantaneously, which means change, and subsequent market reactions, occur very quickly. The economic climate and markets can be affected very quickly by changes in exchange rates, interest rates, and commodity prices. Counterparties can rapidly become problematic. As a result, it is important to ensure financial risks are identified and managed appropriately. This PetroKnowledge Oil and Gas Financial Risk Management training course is designed to equip the delegates with knowledge of risk measurements and skills to hedge the risk using technical skills.
This training course will highlight:
- How financial risks are measured
- How to assess bankruptcy risk
- Methods of risk estimations
- How to diversify the risk
- Effective methods for hedging and managing the risks
What are the Goals?
This training course will provide delegates with the expertise and practical skills to enhance their understanding of the nature of financial risk management. The delegates will gain the know-how to assess the risk and manage its impact on organisations.
At the end of this Oil and Gas Financial Risk Management training course, you will learn to:
- Assess the risk and analysing the returns
- Using various techniques of risk estimations and managing risk exposure using derivatives
- Ability to construct a portfolio with minimum risk exposure
- Demonstrate the ability to measure and assess financial risks
- Understanding of current market dynamics
Who is this Training Course for?
This Oil and Gas Financial Risk Management training course would be relevant to all of those involved in (or planning to join) making investment decisions or risk mitigation.
This PetroKnowledge training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Financial Accounting Team Members
- Financial Planning and Budgeting Professionals
- Strategic Planning and Head Office Team Members
- Corporate Communication and Investor Relations Professionals
- Investment Analysts and Advisers
- Risk Management Teams
- Traders
- Investors in general
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This Oil and Gas Financial Risk Management training course is structured as a highly participative workshop with formal presentations and interactive worked examples. Relevant real-life examples are provided to illustrate the application of each of the topics covered and opportunities to learn and apply the key concepts.
Organisational Impact
The organisation will benefit from the development and practical application of critical skills in financial risk management and analysis of the returns. Raising awareness of important recent developments in market.
Specific benefits for the organisation include:
- An insight of the current market dynamics
- Excellent skills in analysis and interpreting financial ratios and risk estimations
- Ability to build an efficient portfolio by selecting outperforming stocks
- Advanced practical skills in hedging the risk
Personal Impact
Delegates will benefit from updated knowledge of financial risk management that will allow them to make a greater contribution to the development and improvement of investments and risk assessments. Participants will have:
- Deeper knowledge of how to assess the risk
- The ability to measure the risk in a volatile market and hedging the risk
- Risk and return analysis and how to hedge risk exposure
- A better understanding of the financial derivatives and their applications
- Sufficient knowledge of financial market
Daily Agenda
Day One: Financial Risk Analysis in Oil and Gas Sector
- Introduction to Financial Statements
- Ratio Analysis Applied to the Oil and Gas Industry
- Ratios as a System – Pyramids of Ratios
- Oil and gas Financial Modelling
- Cash Flow Forecasts Using Excel
- Predicting Financial Distress
Day Two: Statistical Analysis for Oil and Gas Industry
- Use of Excel Functions for Statistical Analysis
- Descriptive Statistics
- Mean, Median, Standard Deviation, Skewness and Kurtosis
- Use of Scatter Diagrams, Frequency and Histogram Distribution
- Regression Techniques
Day Three: Concept of Risk and Returns for Oil and Gas
- Investment Opportunities
- Required Rate of Return
- Sustainable Investment Strategies
- Risk and Return
- Portfolio Theory
- Capital Market Theory
- Asset Pricing Models
Day Four: Hedging Oil Price Risks using Derivative Securities
- An introduction to the derivatives market
- Futures
- Options
- Using options to provide portfolio insurance
- Option Trading Strategies
- Option Pricing
- Option Greeks
- Volatility Trading
Day Five: Risk Management
- Identifying Financial Risks
- Internal (SWOT Analysis)
- External (PESTLE Analysis)
- Developing and Implementing a Risk Management Strategy
- Risk Management Techniques
Certificate
- On successful completion of this Training Course / Online Training Course, a PetroKnowledge Certificate / E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.